Natural Wonderers is a focused effort to address the academic needs of middle schoolers, grades 4-9, in rural southern Indiana by enhancing the abilities of teachers to use educational technologies to foster scientific investigations, explanations and evidence-based argumentation in regard to Earth and life topics. This project is structured as professional development workshops during the school year and summer workshops in which university faculty in Earth and life science provide content updates to 4th-9th grade science teachers teaching courses in their respective disciplinary areas. In addition, project personnel provide teachers with pedagogical content in technology-enhanced instruction, as well as assistance in developing project-based units that they will implement in their classrooms. Natural Wonderers is directed by Dr. Gayle Buck, and participants include teachers from eight school districts across Daviess, Martin, and Greene Counties.